Subjective health, general medicine beliefs and social desirability response among older hospital outpatients in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-505
Author(s):  
Bosco Wan ◽  
Patrick Ball ◽  
David Jackson ◽  
Gregg Maynard
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Hospital Outpatients

Beliefs about medicines among Hong Kong hospital outpatients

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 447-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bosco K.F. Wan ◽  
Walter H.K. Cheung ◽  
Patrick A. Ball ◽  
David M. Jackson ◽  
Gregg J. Maynard
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Beliefs About Medicines ◽  
Hospital Outpatients

Commodification and marketisation of genetic testing through online direct-to-consumer platforms in Hong Kong

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 630-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Zayts ◽  
Zhengpeng Luo
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Hereditary Cancer ◽  
General Public ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Clinical Genetic ◽  
Aptitude Tests ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Direct To Consumer ◽  
Online Platforms

In this article we examine commodification and marketisation of genetic testing by companies offering direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing to the general public through online platforms in Hong Kong. Recently, offers of genetic testing have expanded from scientific and clinical genetic settings to general medicine (e.g. in hereditary cancer) and non-medical domains (e.g. aptitude tests). The wider availability of tests, however, has raised concerns about the currently available scientifically proven utility of these tests. Using theme-oriented discourse analysis, we analyse the specific discursive modalities through which the DTC companies in Hong Kong make inflated claims about the value of genetic tests to pursue their marketing agenda. We show that in this way the companies are selling ‘more’ than specific products to consumers: they are selling ‘hope’ and ‘increased autonomy’, that is, an opportunity to buy commodities online that promise consumers control of their health and wellbeing.

Social Desirability and the Self-Description Questionnaire

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Assessment

Correlations of responses of 160 12- or 13-year-old Hong Kong secondary school students to the Self-description Questionnaire and a measure of social desirability indicated a moderate but statistically significant association between these variables which differed somewhat by gender and the facet of self-assessment.

Relationship of Self-Concept and Social Desirability Tendency of Hong Kong Chinese Adults with Physical Disabilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sing-Fai Tam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A study was performed to investigate the relationship of scores on self-concept and social desirability of 214 Hong Kong Chinese adults with physical disabilities. No significant correlations were found between self-concept and social desirability; however, their social desirability scores were significantly related to their age, education, and occupational status.

Use of a Subjective Health Measure on Chinese Low Back Pain Patients in Hong Kong

Spine ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 961-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arran S. L. Leung ◽  
Tai-hing Lam ◽  
Anthony J. Hedley ◽  
Lance T. Twomey
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Health Measure ◽  
Pain Patients

scholarly journals Self‐rated health and medicine beliefs among older hospital outpatients in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 451-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bosco Wan ◽  
Patrick Ball ◽  
David Jackson ◽  
Gregg Maynard
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Hospital Outpatients

Subjective Health Measure Used on Chinese Patients With Neck Pain in Hong Kong

Spine ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (17) ◽  
pp. 1884-1889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas T. W. Chiu ◽  
Tai-Hing Lam ◽  
Anthony J. Hedley
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Neck Pain ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Health Measure

Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection: The Hong Kong experience

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (11-s4) ◽  
pp. S289-S293 ◽  
Author(s):  
SSY WONG ◽  
WC YAM ◽  
PHM LEUNG ◽  
PCY WOO ◽  
KY YUEN
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Escherichia Coli Infection
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